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Do you like dogs? Today, a lot of people have dogs. In Japan, in 2020, about 8,500,000 dogs
lived with people.
Dogs are the first animal people *kept, Then, when did people start to live with dogs? Some
people think *humans started to do it about 15,000 years ago. *In those days, dogs were useful
when people wanted to *hunt animals because dogs could
the *smell of animals. When
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dogs helped people, they gave them some *bones or *meat after *killing an animal. In this way,
people had a good *relationship with dogs.
Today, there are not so many people who hunt animals with dogs *as before. But dogs stil
help people in other ways. For example, they help us as guide dogs or as hearing dogs. Guide dogs
can help people who can't see things wel1. Hearing dogs help people who can't hear *sounds and
voices well. If you go to *farms in Australia, you'll see dogs working with *shepherds to *control
the *sheep. These dogs are people's good *partners.
In *modern cities,
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but some people still keep dogs. This is because dogs are not
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only useful animals but also our friends.
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*human(s) =人間
*hunt =狩る
*kept = keep(飼う)の過去形
*smell =におい
*in those days =当時
*killing) =殺す
*sound(s) =音
*bone(s) =骨
*meat =肉
*farm(s) =農場
*relationship =関係
*shepherd(s) =羊飼い
*partner(s) =パートナー
*as before =以前のように
*control =管理する
*sheep = sheep(ヒツジ)の複数形
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*modern =現代の
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2 下線部のイヌはどのようなことができるか。具体的に日本語で書きなさい。
3 本文中の
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に入るものとして, 最も適切なものはどれか。
ア dogsare more useful than cats
イ dogs are not difficult to keep
ウ dogs are not as useful as before
エ dogs are very popular
4 本文の内容と一致するものはどれか。
ア In Japan, in 2020, more than 9,000,000 dogs lived with people.
イ Some people think humans started to live with dogs about 15,000 years ago.
ウ There are many people who hunt animals with dogs now.
エ People should keep dogs more because they help peoplealot.